Sesame seed — Yield in China
China: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,516 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 1,516 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.1% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in China peaked at 1,646 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 294.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 8th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 294.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 358.1 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1963 | 325.2 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 390 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1965 | 387.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 426 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 450.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 393.9 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 428.6 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 474.6 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 473.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 432.2 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 443 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 423.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 390.6 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 408.7 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 433.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 505.2 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 494.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 334.7 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1981 | 624.1 kg/ha | +86.5% |
| 1982 | 354.7 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1983 | 442.1 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1984 | 554.7 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1985 | 657.2 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1986 | 613.6 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 605.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 574.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 467.3 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1990 | 701.3 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1991 | 641.6 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 691.3 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 746.9 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 794 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 907.7 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 968.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 999.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 1,041 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 1,065 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,034 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 1,060 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 1,179 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 862.7 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2004 | 1,127 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 1,053 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 1,163 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 1,146 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,241 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 1,306 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1,311 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,382 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 1,462 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 1,487 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,466 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,066 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2016 | 1,426 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 2017 | 1,600 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 1,639 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,646 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,560 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 1,591 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,614 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,615 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,516 kg/ha | -6.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1,516 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- China's 1,516 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 688.9 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +86.5% | 334.7 kg/ha | 624.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 383.73 kg/ha | 294.5 kg/ha | 450.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 447.86 kg/ha | 390.6 kg/ha | 505.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 522.84 kg/ha | 334.7 kg/ha | 657.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 855.65 kg/ha | 641.6 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,117 kg/ha | 862.7 kg/ha | 1,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,448 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,516 kg/ha | 1,615 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 5 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 743.3 kg/ha compare
- 6 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 707.6 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 690.5 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 561.2 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 1,286 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 1,250 kg/ha compare
- 11 Jordan 1,235 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 434.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in China?
- Sesame seed — yield in China was 1,516 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,646 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 294.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for sesame seed — yield?
- China ranks 8th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.